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Before you start

This guide is for solicitors and other professionals submitting single claims using MyHMCTS.

This service is currently only available for single claims located in:

• Bristol
• Glasgow
• Leeds
• Manchester
• Midlands East
• Midlands West
• Newcastle
• Nottingham
• Wales
• Watford
• several sites in London

We will ask you to provide a postcode in the online service to see whether your area is included. We will redirect you to another claim form if your area is not yet covered.

Before you can make a claim using MyHMCTS, you will need to:

1. Register your organisation with MyHMCTS

2. Set up a MyHMCTS user account

Read the聽MyHMCTS registration guidance聽for further information and instructions

Once you have a MyHMCTS account,聽聽using your email address and password.

Access the ET1 form online

1. Find the ET1 claim form at: .

2. Select 鈥楽tart now鈥� and follow the form until the 鈥楥laiming on your own or on behalf of someone else鈥� question.

3. Select 鈥業鈥檓 a legal representative making a single claim for a client鈥�. Then select 鈥楥ontinue鈥�.

Sign in or create a MyHMCTS account on the next screen.

If you already have a MyHMCTS account

1. 聽using your email address and password.

2. Select 鈥楥reate Case鈥�.

3. Within Create Case, select:

• Jurisdiction - Employment
• Case type - Eng/Wales - Singles or Scotland - Singles (RET)
• Event - Create draft claim

Enter the claimant鈥檚 employment location on the 鈥楥laimant鈥檚 work location鈥� screen. If you鈥檝e entered a location that falls within the available locations for reform, you will be taken to the claim overview screen. This is where you can find the 16-digit case reference number and the claim form sections.

Completing Section 1 - Claimant details

You will need to provide:

• your contact details as the representative
• the claimant or claimants鈥� contact details
• Acas details
• any support requirements for the party
• your hearing format preferences

You do not need to answer questions marked as 鈥榦ptional鈥�.

When you have completed a section, the task list will update with your progress.

You can also select 鈥楧ownload draft ET1鈥� from the task list on the case overview screen to generate a printable version of your ET1 claim at any time.

Select 鈥楽ubmit鈥� to generate your ET1 draft claim.

Completing Section 2 - Employment and respondent details

You will need to provide:

• employment status
• respondent details

You do not need to answer questions marked as 鈥榦ptional鈥�.

When you have completed a section, the task list will update with your progress.

Completing Section 3 - Details of the claim

You鈥檒l need to provide details of the claim. You can upload this as a document in formats such as Word, PDF or RTF.

Downloading a draft ET1 on to your desktop

You can select 鈥楧ownload draft ET1鈥� from the task list to generate a printable version of your ET1 claim at any time.

Select 鈥楽ubmit鈥� to generate your ET1 draft claim.

Returning to a draft claim

At any time where you wish to return to a case in MyHMCTS before a draft claim has been submitted:

1. Go to the 鈥楥ase list鈥� after signing into MyHMCTS.
2. Identify the draft claim by the 16-digit number shown under the 鈥楥ase Number鈥�.

You can also filter cases by 鈥楢waiting Submission to HMCTS鈥�.

Submitting the ET1 to the tribunal

When all 3 sections are complete, you will be able to select 鈥楽ubmit claim鈥� from the task list on the claim overview screen.

When you and your client are happy with the draft claim, select 鈥楽ubmit鈥� on the following screen.

Accessing a submitted claim

Once a claim has been submitted, you can access the claim in the 鈥楥ase list鈥�.

1. Go to the 鈥楥ase list鈥� after signing in to MyHMCTS
2. Choose the relevant 鈥楥ase type鈥� and the 鈥楽tate鈥� as 鈥楢ny鈥�
3. Select 鈥楢pply鈥� and the 16-digit number will appear under 鈥楽ubmission reference鈥�